Year in Japan

1151 in Japanese History

1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Heian period (平安時代, 794 – 1185).

Era name: Ninpei 仁平 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ninpei 仁平 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from January 1151 to October 1154

Reading the year 1151 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1151 corresponds to Ninpei 仁平 (year 1 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".

The year itself is read 1151年 (1151ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 12th century for its neighbours.